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Nutrition and Exercise Physiology Faculty Receives Edwin Bierman Award from ADA Elizabeth Parks, professor of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, was named by the American Diabetes Association as its 2023 Edwin Bierman Award recipient. Honoring meritorious achievement in the field of diabetes, the Edwin Bierman Award is presented to a researcher who has made outstanding scientific contributions to the understanding and treatment of diabetes and macrovascular complications. In conjunction with the award, Parks presented the Edwin Bierman Award Lecture during the American Diabetes Association’s 83rd Scientific Sessions on June 23 in San Diego, Cali. CAFNR Graduate Student Named DCRC Scholar Isabella Sellmer Ramos, a Master’s student in Animal Sciences, was named the 2023 DCRC Scholar by the Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council. Studying reproductive physiology, Ramos is investigating the underlying mechanisms of postpartum uterine disease, mainly focusing on the changes that could be observed in uterine histoarchitecture of diseased cows to potentially provide a more efficient course of treatment that could prevent reproductive losses. CAFNR faculty members have received the following recent grants (listed by Principal Investigator): Jon Simonsen, Agricultural Education Professional Development (In-Service), Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, 7/1/23-6/30/24, $84,997 Gurpreet Kaur, Industrial Hemp: Reviving an Ancient Crop For Higher Seed And Fiber Production, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, 6/1/23-5/31/28, $649,006 Joanna Whittier, Estimation of relative depths used by Black Carp in mainstem sections of the Upper and Middle Mississippi, Lower Missouri, and Illinois rivers, US Geological Survey, 6/1/23-5/31/24, $31,777 Kelly Nelson, Field Trial for Protocol# NA23X12042S, Corteva Agriscience, LLC, 4/1/23-12/31/23, $16,000 Reid Smeda, Work Order #4, Bayer Cropscience, LP, 5/1/23-4/30/24, $40,000 Tim Reinbott, Replacing Diesel Fuel Tank with Biofuel Tank, Missouri Agriculture and Small Business Development Authority, 4/19/23-4/19/25, $14,450 Kevin Wells, Swine Somatic Cell Genome Editing Center – Year 5, National Institute of Health, 6/1/23-5/31/24, $2,019,095 John Tanner, Substrate Channeling and Communication in Proline Metabolic Enzymes, National Institute of Health, 6/1/23-5/31/24, $456,465 Kelly Nelson, Channel Tiling to Increase Soybean Yield Resiliency on Sloping Soils, Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council, 4/1/23-3/31/24, $30,000 |
